Alternatives to animal testing

Where can I find an overview of the available alternatives to animal testing?
Like new approach methodologies (NAMs) and Reduce, Replace and Refine (3R principle) methods?

Hi there,

For the NAMs, there are a few resources to check out:

  • RE-Place database – RE-Place project, Belgium: Database | RE-Place
    o Contains a collection of NAMs methods, with contact details of the researchers who developed the method. Mostly focuses on methods developed in Belgium.
  • Fetal Calf Serum-free Database – 3Rs Centre Utrecht, Netherlands: https://fcs-free.sites.uu.nl/
    o Contains an overview of commercially available alternatives to FCS and alternative medium compositions described in literature

Regarding the 3Rs, there are other databases as well:

For more information on the 3Rs, you can check out the following link from Norecopa, Norway’s 3R platform: Databases and Guidelines about animal research .